Sunday, May 6, 2012

recipes wanted!


this is us, everyday, at the moment.
we only have 2 small trees but they are giving us copious, large feijoas.
what do YOU do with your feijoa glut?
please share!

19 comments:

  1. Chutney!!! and last year I made some feijoa paste (like quince paste) from a recipe out of the NZ gardener, I'll hunt it out for you.

    My chutney recipe is here: http://nzgreenbuttons.blogspot.co.nz/2010/05/chutney-love.html

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  2. feijoa and ginger jam * feijoa chutney * dehydrated feijoa * stewed feijoa (for crumbles with apple and rhubarb) * feijoa in smoothies * feijoa in casseroles (either beef or chickpea usually).....and we eat them....then the mandarins are ready!
    ~Rachael

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  3. I made this feijoa coconut loaf last weekendhttp://mrssams.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/feijoa-coconut-loaf/
    and it was amazing, and the recipe makes two loaves so there is one in the freezer for a few months time when there is not so much feijoa saturation going on.

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  4. I was only introduced to this amazing fruit last year by a friend who had a tree and had never used the fruit. I made a few different variations of jam. One of them I blogged here :

    http://ivynest.blogspot.com.au/2011/05/feijoas.html

    I'm hoping that same tree is productive this year :)

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  5. For once we actually left them in the street for free, there for all to help themselves too

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  6. I love fejoas our tree well the neighbours generous overhang has just finished fruiting and it was a delicious time of banana and fejoa bread (divine) and fejoa icecream (to die for!) I also made an apple, fejoa and berry crumble with cream (my husbands favourite). I was sad to see them finish I have 2 left which we will eat as fruit which is the best scooping out the fruit with a spoon divine.

    The fejoa icrecream is frozen fejoas about 6 halved with the fruit scooped out frozen then put into a blender straight from the freezer with a tablespoon of plain yogurt and whipped into icecream consistency because fejoas have a bit of a bite flavour wise I add a small amount of frozen banana and a little honey to the blend. Truly delicious!

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  7. Muffins!! http://www.paisleyjade.com/2011/04/easy-feijoa-muffins.html

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  8. Sorry, no idea! But just wanted to say 1) love your new cameras shots. they are beaut! and 2) I love that you are giving your kids a childhood where they can pick their own fruit off the ground. That is so special :) x

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  9. I'm jealous but I don't have any suggestions except for blizting them in the blender for fruit smoothies

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  10. Feijoa Crumble..all the way. NOM.

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  11. http://mushroomlane.blogspot.co.nz/2011/05/proper-mental-fejoa-cake.html

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  12. send them here!!!lol... No feijoas in Brisbane and we LOVE them.
    We used to make feijoa cake, muffins etc...

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  13. For the past few years I've been making this cake (http://recipefinder.msn.co.nz/recipes/taste/826674/feijoa-cake-with-crumble-topping. People have asked me for the recipe. It is amazing. A little time consuming but I think worth it.

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  14. I was given a delish choc feijoa cake from DPs Nan but lost it, finally after much searching found a similar one but it needs a chocolate ganache that uses sour cream.
    I have it on my blog....
    http://mummas-world.blogspot.co.nz/2012/04/chocolate-feijoa-cake.html
    I also scoop the fruit out and freeze so I can make yummy fruit crumble in winter!

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  15. I love feijoa trees, but haven't been so keen on the grittiness of the fruit to eat fresh, so thanks for inspiring all of these people to provide recipes - now maybe I'll actually be able to justify planting a hedge of them!

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  16. Scoop em out and freeze em to enjoy feijoa cakes and crumble for a couple of months. I do a mean feijoa crumble, but I'm keen to try something else this year. I'll have a wander through some of the other suggestions :)

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  17. I'll send Elliot over. He polishes of about 20 in one sitting. . . several time a day.

    rachel
    xoxo

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  18. Everywhere I turn lately I see reminders of home and it's making me WAY homesick! I saw them at the market here last week...the first time in almost 6 yrs but at $2 a pop I refused to buy any :(
    I think there is a recipe for feijoa loaf in my Keepsakes cookbook, I can email you the recipe if you like

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